Arsenal offloaded Wojciech Szczesny back in 2017, and he has gone on to develop into a brilliant player.
Wojciech Szczesny has admitted to arsenal.com that he still loves the club.
Szczesny grew up supporting Arsenal, and represented the club for 11 years between 2006 and 2017.
The Polish international is now playing for Juventus in Italy, where he has established a reputation for himself as one of the finest stoppers in Serie A.
But Szczesny says that he still misses Arsenal, as the Gunners are the club that he truly loves.
“I miss playing at the Emirates. I think that was something special for me, the quality of the pitch, the fans, the big nights in a north London derby,” Szczesny said.
“The emotions were quite different because whatever you do in your career, and some of us have gone on to make great things and have made a great career whereas some have maybe made a step back, there’s nothing like playing for the club that you love. The emotion of that is something special.
“That’s why I was always jealous and why my dream was always to follow the Gerrards and the Scholes, the Tottis of this world. I think it’s just beautiful that you can play your whole career for one club and just appreciate that emotion of going out to the pitch and having that extra little bit.
“Your heart rate is a little bit higher because you know it means that little bit more to you than to the others. That was just really beautiful.”
It has arguably been proven that Arsenal made an error letting Szczesny go in 2017 now.
The Poland international has developed into a fine stopper, and is now worth £50 million according to Calcio Mercato.
Arsenal do have a fine goalkeeper of their own in Bernd Leno currently, but they may not have needed to sign him if they had shown a bit more faith in Szczesny while he was at the club.
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